Improvement in pounder washing-machines



I T. SNOW I Pou vnder Washing-Machine. No. 207,565.

Pate nted Aug. 27. 1878.

IL PETERS. PHOTO-HTDIOGRAPJER, WASHINGTON. B. C.

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THOMAS SNOW, OF SOCIAL CIRCLE, GEORGIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN POUNDER WASHING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 207,565, dated August27, 1878; application filed July 29, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS SNOW, of Social Circle, in the county ofWalton, andinthe State of Georgia, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Washing-Machines; and do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanyingdrawings, making a part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my machine asarranged for use, a portion of the walls being broken away so as toshowthe interior construction of parts; and Fig. 2 is a vertical sectionupon line a; a: of Fig. 1.

v Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of thefigures.

The design of my invention is to combine in one machine mechanismwhereby soiled clothing may be cleansed by being subjected tomanipulation similar to the usual operations of hand rubbing andpounding; and to this end it consists in the construction of theoperative mechanism and its combination with the reservoir,substantially as and for the purpose hereinafter specified.

In the annexed drawings A represents the bottom, B and B the sides, 0and O the ends,

and E the top or cover, of the box or reservoir of my machine, whichreservoir is preferably supported upon or by four legs, F, one of whichis attached to each corner of. the same.

Within the interior of the box, at one end,

is placed a breast-board, G, which extends upward and toward thelongitudinal center of said box, and upon its face is provided with aseries of horizontal grooves, 9, between which are corresponding ribs 9.

Within the. side walls B, near the end of the reservoir opposite to thebreast-broad G, is journaled a shaft, H, which has upon one of itsprojectin g ends abalance-wheel, I, and upon its opposite end a crank,K, while at or near its longitudinal center said shaft is provided witha crank, 71..

J ournaled upon the crank it is one end of a pitman, L, which fromthence extends toward the breast-board G, and to its opposite end hassecured a board, M, which has substantially the same dimensions as saidbreast-board, and, like the latter, is provided with horizontal groovesm and ribs m.

In order that the rubber-board M may be caused to approach thebreast-board G with greater or less nearness, the pitman L is made intwo overlapping parts, and said parts connected together by means of abolt, 1, which passes through the same and confines them closely inposition. One of said parts is slotted lengthwise, so as to permit ofits longitudinal movement with relation to the other part of said pitmanwhen said bolt has been loosened.

As thus arranged the rotation of the shaft H will cause the rubberMtoapproach toward and recede from the breast-board, so that if soap-sudsand soiled clothing are placed within the reservoir the movements ofsaid rubber will cause such clothing as comes between the same and saidbreast-board to be compressed and the water pressed outward insubstantially the same manner as is done by the ordinary pounder. Tofacilitate the expulsion of the water from the clothing, said rubber Mand said breast-board G are provided with openings m and g",respectively, which extend from the front to the rear side of each.

In order that a rubbing action may be produced between the breast-boardG and rubber M, a roller, N, is journaled horizontally within the sidewalls B below the pitman L, in such position as to cause the latter, ator near its longitudinal center, to rest upon said roller at the instantwhen said rubber has reached the forward limit of its motion, the crankbeing rotated in the direction indicated by the arrows, when the furthermotion of said crank will depress the rear end and elevate the front endof said pitman, and will cause said rubber to move upward, so as toproduce upon the clothing interposed between the same and saidbreast-board an effect similar to that produced by ordinary hand-rubbing upon a washboard. When the crank has passed its lower center andcommences to rise the rubber M will move downward until at thecommencement of its movement toward the breast-board G said rubber willrest upon the bottom A.

.As the quantity of clothing between the rub- .ber M and breast-board Gwill, of necessity,

vary while the machine is being used, it may be desirable to form ayielding spring-connection between said rubber and the crank h, or

between said breast-board and the end 0 of the reservoir, so that, whensaid parts are adjusted to give a certain pressure to the minimumquantity of clothing, they will yield whenever a greater thickness ispresented for action.

Wood or metal may be used for the roller N, or it may be covered withindia-rubber, so as to prevent noise.

Having thus fully set forth the nature and merits of my invent-ion whatI claim as new is- In combination with the reservoir, the breastboard G,the shaft H, provided with a crank, h, the extensible pitman L, therubber M, and the fulcrum N, said parts being arranged in the manner andfor the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this22d day of July, 1878.

THOMAS SNOW. Witnesses:

JOHN M. BROWN, HANSEL J. WILLIAMS.

